Will TitanFall Be The Call Of Duty Killer?

Mark of Corrupted Cartridge writes "This is a topic that has caught my eye recently. I've noticed a few videos on Youtube asking if the new game to be released on the Xbox One called TitanFall could be a Call Of Duty Killer.

Personally I've lost a lot of interest in the Call Of Duty games recently and I only really bought Black Ops 2 for the zombies and the campaign. To me each game is a repetition of the last with a couple of small changes to the gameplay and some new game modes."
(PC, TitanFall, Xbox 360, Xbox One)

After playing it at PAX I'd say so. It certainly plays like CoD, but with mechs and more freedom of movement

It's multiplayer only, a fun military shooter that knows its audience. However we've seen what happens when games try to imitate and surpass CoD. The game does have enough hype and praise to give it a chance, however the CoD brand is just so powerful it lives off name alone

When are people gonna learn that there is no Call of Duty killer. COD got where it is through almost a decade of yearly releases. By steadily building up its fanbase to the insane numbers it currently has. Call of Duty is in a class of its own like WOW and GTA. It may not the best or the most original but its absolutely the biggest and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Looks really good and fun to play. Will it be the best game in 2014 probably not, will it sell well probably but theres no way of telling til it comes out. Will it be available for PS4 eventually, my guess is yes.

I can see it doing okay when it's out for 360, PC and XBO, and doing better when it comes out for PS4 and probably PS3, but - in terms of sales - it's not going to crush COD.

... Funny how the gaming media skews things. When it's negative news about the details of the XBO, we're just a minority amongst a small group of dedicated gamers. But when it's hype about a game talked about by a group of journalists within dedicated gaming events, the masses are sure to talk about it when it comes out!

Normally, I don't think anything is a ____ killer, but this is an exception.

Respawn more or less made Call of Duty. Most of the team used to be Infinity Ward before the split happened. A lot of those guys, probably most, have worked together for a long time. Through MoH:AA, to Call of Duty 1, 2 and 4. A lot of these guys have a completely legitimate GOTY under their belt in the original PC Call of Duty. Whatever you call Infinity Ward now are not worthy of the title. When you're making games on par with Treyarch, you're bad. That's all there is to it.

The way I see it is that Activision is just cashing in year over year with the same game that (what is now) Respawn released back in 2007: Modern Warfare.

All the impressions I've read speak very highly of the mechanics and gameplay of Titanfall. It certainly has been a darling at the game shows it's been featured in, too.

If there is a "Call of Duty Killer" out there, then this is the best shot in the near future. I doubt it will take Call of Duty down, given all the bros out there who are entrenched in paying every year. I bet a lot of them will even get defensive about it, too.

edit: Has anyone looked at the history of games made or ported by Treyarch? Developers with catalogs like that don't exist anymore. With good reason, too.

CoD is too big a franchise to get outright "killed" by a new IP, that's something that's going to take some time. Truth be told, Titanfall looks pretty awesome and it's single handedly going to sell systems. That first reveal trailer was enough to get me and plenty of others to preorder the XB1 as it stands.

I think it will slowly get its own unique following and will do well it will eventually be in full competition with it at very least will make cod devs work a bit harder,but while cod still supports this gen it will be held back me thinks.

With its first entry to the series and being limited to 3 platforms...no. IF they gain some ground with this game and build a reputation and then come back in a few years with Titanfall 2 on ALL platforms....even then realistically, a low chance, but maybe. But still will have to see how this one is going to be received after it comes out.

its only been running on pc,its got to be ultra smooth on the 360 and x1 to stand a chance.there again mechs were done in killzone and jet packs didn,t see many people like that.cod is for campers as a whole so i can,t see people switching to this if mechs are over powered

If this comes with alot of Maps, gets great advertising and if , if Xbox One is successful then yes, it comes at a time people will move on from COD. I dont see BF4 being this huge Impact, looks like BF3.